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Christmas food?

I usually go to a friend's house and eat their food. LOL!!!!
 
I like Dalis' idea! lol!


Christmas Eve is with friends and we usually focus on appetizers and finger foods. Last year I made stuffed mushrooms, Cranberry Brie Bites, and Taco Bites. Oh, and glazed weinies, lol! OUr friends made some other finger foods - crab cakes, dips, and yummy goodies.

Christmas Day is a mix - my large family heads to my mom's beach house. We start with appetizers my mom and I make - cheese plates, guac, dips, etc. Then we have usually a ham, shrimp and some sort of chicken. My uncles cooks it all and brings it down. Then my mom makes all the sides - stuffing, potatoes, and the works. A few people will bring dessert - pies, cheesecake and I make some Strawberry Santas.


Mmmmm... now, I'm hungry!
 
What an interesting thread. So many different foods and traditions. So I have to jump in with my British version :giggle
Christmas eve is just a normal day with a simple, easy to prepare dinner or maybe takeaway.
Christmas day is the day for feasting. Breakfast is pain au choclolat - not at all British, but we love them! The dinner is ALWAYS turkey, pigs in blankets, chestnut stuffing, cauliflower cheese, roast parsnip. sprouts, swede, carrots and roast potatoes. Served with a very rich gravy and tons of cranberry sauce. This is what I have eaten every year since I was a child ha! For pudding, it's ALWAYS Christmas pudding with brandy butter or mince pie with cream. All this is served up at around 2 or 3 in the afternoon. Tea that day is cold turkey. salad, cheese, crackers, pickles and ham. We have this at around 7ish. Followed by more mince pies and chocolate etc etc. Exhausting really. But perfect as it all takes place with lots of lovely family people:beat
Oh and Boxing day dinner is always Bubble and squeak made with the left overs :yesss
 
On Christmas Eve we usually go to church and have coffee and cake either before or after the service depending on what time we go (aka depending on what time my mom sings in the choir).

On the December 25 we usually go the home cooked all out fancy dinner style with like 3+ courses. Something different every year.
My sister likes to cook and bake so she and my mother are usually in charge in the kitchen. My other sister, dad and me are the 'assistents' that stay out of the kitchen (and out of the drama) but close enough to respond quickly to a cry of help. We are in charge of drinks, table settings and every other little thing.

The next day (in the Netherlands we celebrate 2 days of Christmas which is kinda weird) is usually some other kind of home cooked meal but easier and less stressful. The day before we would all be dressed in beautiful Christmas outfits, today is the easy version of that.

I have made peppermint chocolate bark for the last couple of years and didn't have time last year and got a complaint from my two sisters so I guess that's the only Christmas foody tradition we have?
 
lorryfach said:
On Christmas Eve, we will eat roast pork with crackling, sugar-browned potatoes, potatoes with brown sauce, and pickled red cabbage. The grown-ups get Christmas beer. Afterwards, rice pudding for dessert.

The next day, we eat pretty much anything you can imagine putting on a slice of bread. Then, when there's no room to eat anything else, we put whipped cream, vanilla, and almonds in the leftover rice pudding, top it with cherry sauce, and eat that.

All meals on these days are punctuated with people randomly yelling out "SKÅL!" and drinking snaps. When not at the table, one can practice expanding ones stomach by grazing on various chocolates and cookies strategically placed so that there is always something within reach.
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Ha ha Lorry this sounds like so much fun!! I want to spend Christmas with you.
 
tkradtke said:
1. Land of Nod Cinnamon Rolls for breakfast Christmas morning. They're a super simple, kind of monkey bread-ish, made with frozen roll dough. You throw everything together the night before and then leave out overnight to thaw and rise. I can put them in the oven when we start opening presents and it's ready when we're done.
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So I don't have a Bundt pan wonder if I could do this in a regular casserole dish?
 
DixieDoesPSP said:
So I don't have a Bundt pan wonder if I could do this in a regular casserole dish?
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To be honest, I think you need a Bundt pan... what makes this so good and gooey is the layer below the top layer (the top layer gets browned while baking while everything else below gets coated the toppings). I bought a Bundt pan for this years ago and it's quite possibly the only thing that has ever been made in it. :-)
 
After reading all of the posts, I have decided we will travel to everyone else's house and eat with y'all. Nom nom .... please forward your addresses. ♡
 
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we don't really do a big dinner for Christmas. We mostly do a big breakfast, and then snack on cookies and lunch meat and whatever else for lunch. Then dinner is often more like tailgating- finger foods... chicken wings, meatballs, sausage, dips, fresh veggies, etc. We keep it simple and just relax and enjoy our day. No big fuss for cooking.
 
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